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Federalist No. 41 General View of the [Enumerated] Powers Conferred by The Constitution For the Independent Journal Madison To the People of the State of New York: Some, who have not denied the necessity of the power of taxation, have grounded a very fierce attack against the Constitution, on the language in which it is defined. It has been urged

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and

The Constitution of the United States sets forth the nation’s fundamental laws. It establishes the form of the national government and defines the rights and liberties of the American people. The Constitution was written to organize a limited national government for the American states. Previously, the nation’s leaders had established a national government under the Articles of Confederation.